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Little Camp Island

Little Camp Island from directly overhead

Little Camp Island is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Sawyer Mountain stands 148 m to the south, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Island, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 23 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Maine Coast Heritage Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates44.14687, -68.63842

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Parks
  • Small Cove Park: 1.3 mi
  • Fog Island: 4.6 mi
  • Mariner's Memorial Park: 4.9 mi
  • Nature Area: 5.2 mi
  • Deer Isle Ballfield and Playground: 5.5 mi
Peaks
  • Burnt Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Jims Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Stinson Point: 4.3 mi
  • Brays Mountain: 4.6 mi
  • Coombs Mountain: 4.8 mi
Museums: 33
Cliffs: 18
Historic sites: 16
  • Isle Au Haut Rural School: 4.9 mi
  • Sarah Smith Foundation: 9.7 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 9.9 mi
  • House Foundation: 10.0 mi
  • Store Foundation: 10.0 mi
Artworks: 6
Springs: 5
  • Lurvey Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Jesuit Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Birch Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Maple Spring: 22.4 mi
  • Fern Spring: 22.8 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 8.2 mi
  • High Hopes Lobster Boat: 19.7 mi
  • The Bubble: 23.3 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Vinal Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Man O War Waterfall: 19.9 mi
  • Hadlock Falls: 21.8 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Tanglewood Garden: 21.7 mi
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden: 21.8 mi
  • Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 23.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Acadia National Park Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
  • Thompson Island Picnic Area: 23.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Little Camp Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sawyer MountainS 171°148 m6.0 mi
Caterpillar MountainN 354°148 m12.8 mi
Rocky MountainS 171°144 m5.8 mi
Jerusalem MountainS 173°127 m6.7 mi
Winche MountainNNW 342°92 m13.4 mi
Backwood MountainNNW 333°82 m15.7 mi
Duck Harbor MountainS 184°80 m8.6 mi
Wentworth MountainS 180°78 m7.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:5219:3820:22
September equinox06:2217:5618:34
December solstice07:0715:1215:59

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202230415261676659483727
Precip in3.93.24.14.43.94.33.23.14.15.44.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 24 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element relation/18777937

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